| Plugin Title | Log Sinks Enabled |
| Cloud | |
| Category | Logging |
| Description | Ensures a log sink is enabled to export all logs |
| More Info | Log sinks send log data to a storage service for archival and compliance. A log sink with no filter is necessary to ensure that all logs are being properly sent. If logs are sent to a storage bucket, the bucket must exist and bucket versioning should exist. |
| GOOGLE Link | https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/export/ |
| Recommended Action | Ensure a log sink is configured properly with an empty filter and a destination. |
- Log into the Google Cloud Platform Console.
- Scroll down the left navigation panel and select the "Logging" option under the "STACKDRIVER."
- On the "Stackdriver Logging" page, choose the "Logs Router" option from the left navigation panel.
- Select the "Log Sink" which needs to be cross-check whether it's properly configured or not.
- On the selected "Log Sink", click on the 3 dots at the extreme right and choose the "View Filter" option.
- If the "Sink filter" tab is showing any filter option then the selected "Log Sink" is not configred with empty filter.
- Repeat steps number 2 - 6 to verify other "Log Sinks" in the account.
- Navigate to the "Logging" option under the "STACKDRIVER", click on the "Log Router" option and select the "Log Sink" which needs to be re-configured and click on the 3 dots at the extreme right to choose the "View filter" option.
- On the "View filter" tab, click on the "Edit" button to edit the "Log Sink."
- On the "Edit Sink" tab, remove the filter and click on the "Update Sink" button to make the changes.
- Click on the "OK" button on the popup tab to save the changes which will over write the previous filters enabled.
- Repeat steps number 8 - 11 to ensure a log sink is configured properly with an empty filter and a destination.
